Foil

Some Thoughts on the Pressure-Sensitive Industry

(Sticking With It)

November 25, 2018, ... of a foil tape on a heating duct when being replaced it would be easier to reuse the aluminum in the duct.  Another type of smart adhesive might be one that has some pressure sensitive properties allowing ...

U.S. Flexible Packaging Sales Expected to Hit $31.9 Billion

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... the products and processes of the industry that would become known as flexible packaging. By combining the best qualities of paper, plastic film, and aluminum foil, flexible packaging delivers a broad ...

All American Label Enters Packaging Market with Three Heidelberg Machines

(News | New Products)

November 16, 2018, ... they need. Our customers can purchase their labels, sheetfed, offset-web, foiled embossed, inkjet, wide-format inkjet, grand format inkjet, all the way to simple signs, banners, and commercial print,” ...

Now Plastics Introduces 60 to 90 Percent PCR PET Films

(New Products)

November 07, 2018, New post-consumer recycled PET film offers reduced environmental impact and lower costs. EAST LONGMEADOW, MA | Now Plastics, one of the largest suppliers of films and aluminum foil, is now offering ...

Fontana Group Invests in Colter & Peterson’s Polar Cutting System

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2018, ... and expanded by offering UV coating, die cutting, and small format foil stamping before adding large format stamping and bindery to its service capabilities. Known today as a high quality finishing shop ...

Constantia Flexibles Introduces Packaging Solutions for Greater Sustainability

(News | New Products)

November 04, 2018, ... properties. All these qualities make EcoCover the perfect lid for yogurt cups, other food and pharma products. EcoTainerAlu: avoid harmful substances EcoTainerAlu is an alumini-around foil container ...

Color and its Role in Defining Embossed Product Surfaces

(Embossing)

November 04, 2018, ... of business for the majority of converters, but there can be more to converting than packaging. For example, complex plastics, specialized planar films, non-woven textiles, synthetic papers/boards, foils ...

TPC Packaging Installs the First Scodix E106 in North America

(News | New Products)

October 12, 2018, The installation is planned for November 2018, replacing the UltraPro with Foil TPC Packaging installed in May 2017. CHATTANOOGA, TN | Scodix announced the sale of the first E106 system in North America ...

PRX Projects 50 Percent Growth After Mark Andy Digital One Install

(News | New Products)

October 12, 2018, ... that can be used for embellishments such as cold foil, spot colors, varnishes and laminations. Finally, the flexibility of the Digital One to print small-run, multiple-version high-quality labels with ...

Adhesivos del Segura fits Martin Automatic to its Gallus Presses

(Label/Tape)

October 12, 2018, ... paper-based but with demand for film and foil products rising quickly.  This mix of substrates makes the case for automation even stronger, so Victor Abellaner’s comment that the Martins are, “buy, install, ...

GotPrint Takes Home Benny Award Using Scodix Technology

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2018, ... year. Both awards were achieved after GotPrint.com installed a Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil in early 2017. "Every year, since 2009, Printograph has produced the BPL. It's designed specifically f ...

ICE USA and InPrint USA Announce Partnership with NAPIM

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2018, ... and services for printing on metal, plastics, foils, textiles, glass, ceramics, woods and other substrates in an individualized and cost-efficient way. “Inks are the backbone of industrial printing,” ...

FPA Partners with PACK EXPO International

(News | New Products)

September 12, 2018, ... billion in annual sales in the U.S. and is the second largest and one of the fastest growing segments of the packaging industry. Flexible packaging is produced from paper, plastic, film, aluminum foil, ...

E-Commerce Comes to Cast and Cure™ Films

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2018, ... aluminum and more. Cast and Cure patterns can be applied using both sheet-fed and web-fed (flexo and gravure) equipment and can run on most existing cold foil machinery. Unlike foil applications, Cast ...

Toray Advances Lines of Packaging Films

(Film)

August 31, 2018, ... and ultra-thin offerings, transparent high-barrier, metalized to replace foil, a white pigmented appearance, bio-based materials, integrated sealant technology with improved hermeticity and seal strength, ...

Maan Engineering Introduces HYBRID Laminating Coating Line in America

(News | New Products)

August 28, 2018, ... principle behind the technique of the HYBRID technology is rotation. When switching from laminate to linerless, the Hotmelt Coating Station rotates. In this way, both sides of the paper or foil strip can ...

Koenig & Bauer Accelerates Role In Offset Printing Label Market

(News | New Products)

August 12, 2018, ... to grow on store shelves, labels are a premium selling point. Label designers are adding more dramatic color and images as well as high-end foil and PMS colors to draw a consumer’s eye to the product. ...

InPrint USA 2019 Sales Are Strong

(News | New Products)

June 23, 2018, ... and inkjet solutions. Exhibitors from around the world will showcase equipment, tools, and services for printing on metal, plastics, foils, textiles, glass, ceramics, woods, and other substrates in an ...

Tekni-Films to Present Paper on Pharma Films

(Flexpack)

June 15, 2018, ... blister barrier films, flexible films, lidding foils, and pouch materials for pharmaceutical, medical, diagnostic health, and personal care products.  Robin Van Landeghem, director of technology, global ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold Innovation & Sophistication Lead the Way

(IML/IMD)

June 13, 2018, ... d Pat Reynolds, Packaging World's editor emeritus; Hallie Forcinio, packaging journalist of Forcinio Communications; and Yolanda Simonsis, Paper, Film & Foil Converter's editorial director emeritus.  ...

Sun Chemical Partners with Cyngient

(News | New Products)

June 03, 2018, ... full range of solutions for the marketplace, which can be combined with many of Cyngient’s specialties, including special effects, soft touch and tactile coatings, cold foil solutions, and in-mold products. ...

PPC Boot Camp Covers the Industry

(Carton Box)

June 03, 2018, ... properties and application of inks and coatings. Prepress processes including CAD, layout, and graphics were explained in simple terms, as were a variety of others including tooling, embossing, foil stamping, ...

Process Sensors Launches Profiling System

(Controls)

June 02, 2018, ... film, foil, textiles, release liners, tags, tapes, and labels. The Guardian-HD Web Profiling System is commonly used in the following applications: Hot Melt and Film Thickness Wet End Water-Based ...

Gpack Groups Opts for Multi-Ply Invercote for Perfume Carton

(Carton Box)

May 29, 2018, ... be compared, the choice clearly fell on Invercote. The packaging series for Good Girl requires 12 different production stages. They include gold foil stamping, embossing, partial flockage, foil stamping ...

Tekni-Films Barrier Film Suited for Blister Packs

(Flexpack)

May 22, 2018, ... (SBC) thermoformable film for pharmaceutical blister packs. SBC 240 is being positioned as a performance and improved-cost alternative for 4- and 6-mil PCTFE and cold formed foil in thermoformable blister ...

Fresnels Technology Offers Tactile Imagery

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2018, ... of piracy and counterfeiting. It can be applied by brand owners, printers, and converters using standard foil application techniques.  The graphic 3D effects offered by Cellini are achromatic and feature ...

Monadnock Offers Guide to Environmental Options

(Flexpack)

May 15, 2018, ... or the environment.” According to the company, Santulan offers a range of print techniques and special treatments including foil and textured varnishes,—from the soft velvety touch of the turned-edge ...

Digital Issue

(Uncategorized)

May 06, 2018, ... 2018 April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 August 2018 September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 About Us Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER (PFFC) covers every ...

Mark Andy Press Goes to UK Plant

(News | New Products)

May 06, 2018, ... Specification of the 20-in. (508-mm) ten-color press includes two reverse print stations, delam/relam, and a rail system for foil unwind/rewind, constant tension laminator, and waste rewind. It also has ...

ICE USA 2019 Sales Are Strong

(News | New Products)

May 06, 2018, ...  Adhesives/Pressure Sensitive Printing/Flexographic/Rotogravure Machine Components Coating & Ink Labels & Labeling Toll Coating/Converting/Slitting Die-Cutting/Perforating/Embossing Materials/Substrates/Paper/Film/Foil ...